CLOUD COMPUTING

The term Cloud Computing is a series of connection of remote servers and software networks that allow centralized data storage and online access to computer service or resources. It can be classified as Public, Private or Hybrid network.

 

Cloud computing makes connection to applications and data from virtually any computer or device possible. However, the traffic and complexity can strongly affect the well-known WANs.

 In the no-so-distant past, workers used the Internet to access email and browse the Web. They were not necessarily online non-stop. Today, most of them are. They access applications in the cloud rather than on their hard drives or a local server. They generate and store data in the cloud. They collaborate with one another using cloud-based tools. They talk on the phone using VoIP. They interact with each other, customers, and partners using social media. They hold virtual meetings in the cloud. They watch videos on YouTube. They connect their smartphones and tablets to the WAN as well. It's no wonder the WAN struggles to keep up.

"The end-to-end deployment of a private links to connect offices or a full-mesh deployment across multiple offices allowed for a secure and guaranteed network across geographies and served enterprises well from the 1990s all the way to the early 2010s (2)."

Today, cloud services, telepresence, unified communications, virtualization, IT consolidation, hybrid networks, and the public Internet is the new norm. However, the increased reliance on all the above requires substantial bandwidth improvements. Network bottlenecks can quickly affect productivity. If all of your work is in the cloud, but you can't access it in an efficient manner, you're in big trouble.